Package holder



June 10,1941. J. E- QU MAN Er-AL 2,244,662

PACKAG HOLDER Filed Feb. 17, 1941 I IIII m? m cm MA J se H Patented June 10, 1941 PACKAGE. HOLDER Joseph E. Cushman, Stonington, Conn., and Howard E. Kuehn, Hopkinton, R. 1., assignors to Atwood Machine Company, a corporation of Connecticut Application February 17, 1941, Serial No. 379,252

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a package holder in the art of winding and reeling.

In the use of textile machinery such, for instance, as a creel, there are a plurality of yarn package holders or mounting means designed to support yarn packages from which yarn is to be delivered. Usually the holder is such as to require the creel to be supplied with either all conical core packages, or all cylindrical core packages, or all spools for mounting upon a spindle. In other fields, lengths of material may be similarly handled. Heretoiore, the use of different package cores upon a single machine was not possible, although in many instances it is desirable to have a part of the machine equipped in one manner and a part equipped in another manner.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an assembly of parts which will enable the package holder to, by rearrangement, have mounted thereon difierent forms of packages, depending upon the manner of assembly of the holder.

Another object of the invention is to make possible the shifting over of a package holder of one form to that of another form in the desired number of units on any one machine so that a single machine may be equipped for the use of either all one type of package or all another type of package, or partly one type and partly another type, or may be changed from one type to another type by diiierent assembly of its parts.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a sectional View illustrating our yarn support as arranged for the supporting of a package having a conical core;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating the support without the package mounted thereon;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating the support as arranged for the mounting of a package having a cylindrical core thereon;

Fig. 4 is a view showing an arrangement of our support for receiving a spool thereon having a cylindrical bore for the reception of a spindle;

Fig. 5 is an exploded view with parts in section illustrating the various parts of the assembly; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on substantially line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

With reference to the drawing in more detail,

I0 designates a suitable frame upon which the spud assembly is mounted, there being shown a single assembly, although it will be recognized that in many machines these assemblies will appear in multiples arranged in any convenient manner for the delivery of yarn, or other material.

Upon the support l0, there is assembled a spindle ll, reduced as at 12 and shouldered as at l3 to extend through the bore I4 of a washer l5 and through the bore l6 of a cylindrical member or base H. The shoulder 13 engages the washer I5 to force it against the base H, as the parts are all drawn together by a nut I8 engaging the threaded end IQ of the spindle and forcing against the washer 20 on the opposite side of the support I!) to draw the spindle, washer and base firmly into engagement against the front side 2| of the support ID.

A conical member 22 (see Fig. 5) is provided with a bore 23 of a size substantially that of spindle II and is recessed at its opposite ends as at 24 and 24. The large end of this conical member 22 at 25 is of the same circular dimension as the cylindrical base member 11, while the opposite end 26 thereof is sufiiciently smaller so as to provide the proper taper 21 to receive the conical core 28 of a package 29. By this arrangement the member 22 may be positioned upon the spindle H (see Figs. 1 and. 2) and held in place by set screw 30 passing through the threaded opening 3| in the member 22 to bind against the spindle ll (see Figs. 1, 2, and 6). The recess 24 straddles the washer I5 so that this member 22 may abut the base member [1. By this arrangement the core 28 may extend completely over the base H as well as over the member 22.

In case it is desired to support a package having a different shaped core such, for instance, as a cylindrical core 32 of a package 33, we reverse the member 22 in its assembly on the spindle II, as shown in Fig. 3, recess 24' now receiving the washer l5 and the screw 30 binding the member 22 in position. The diameter of the end 25 of the member 22 will be the same as the diameter of the base member I! so that both ends of the cylindrical core 22 will be evenly supported.

In case it is desired to support a spool 34 having a bore 35 substantially the same as the spindle II, it is merely necessary to remove the member 22 from the spindle and allow the spool to be positioned thereon as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that We may support the spool type of package without our spud member 22; whereas, by assembling the spud member in two positions, either one end or the other end inwardly on the spindle, we may support two additional types of packages, one having a conical core (Fig. 1) and the other having a cylindrical core (Fig. 3). By this arrangement, it is easy to change our support so that the desired type of package may be supported in position. In a machine having a'plurality of package holders, part of the holders may be arranged for one form of package and part for another form, or the assembly may be rearranged or interchanged as desired, making an exceedingly flexible arrangement of simplicity.

We claim:

1. A package holder comprising a spindle, a member having a. cylindrical surface mounted on said spindle adjacent its supported end, a secand member having a conical surface with a small end and a large end, the latter being the same diameter as the said cylindrical surface and mountable on said spindle selectively with either its large or small end toward said first member. 2. A package holder comprising a spindle, a

member having a cylindrical surface mounted on said spindle adjacent its supported end, a second member having a conical surface with a small end and a large end, the latter being the same diameter as the said cylindrical surface and mountable on said spindle selectively with either its large or small end toward said first member, and means to bind the second member on said spindle.

JOSEPH E. CUSHMAN.

HOWARD E. KU'EI-IN. 

